Real-time curation and analysis from The Week's Scott Meslow and Jessica Hullinger

One of the longest and strangest Oscar seasons in recent memory draws to a close tonight with the 85thannual Academy Award ceremony which begins on ABC starting at 8:30 p.m. (See our predictions for the Academy Awards , and read a collection of The Weeks other Oscar-related stories .) Will Argo fend off tough competition to win Best Picture? Will host Seth MacFarlane be a hit or a dud? Will anyone be able to pronounce Best Actress nominee Quevazhane Wallis' name correctly? (For the record: Kwah-VAN-jeh-nay.)

Join us in real time as we find out. Tonight, entertainment editor Scott Meslow and audience development manager Jess Hullinger will be here to chronicle the highlights of the 85thannual Academy Awards, starting with red carpet coverage at roughly 7:30 p.m. and continuing until the end of the show. Stay on this page for the latest updates, analysis, trivia, and humor, and tweetandto join the conversation: